fragment
A fragment is a piece that has been broken off from something bigger.
When we talk about fragments, it's usually because something important has been left out or damaged. For example, if a book is torn and you find one page that survived, but the rest of it got lost or ripped apart, that page might be called a fragment. It's like a tiny piece of history or information that used to belong to a bigger whole.
In music, a musical fragment can be just a short section of a song that captures the mood or feeling of what's missing. It might be used as an example in a class about composition or even as the main part of a new piece of music.
The word "fragment" can also refer to something broken into many pieces, but still useful somehow. In this case, it's not just one tiny bit that survived - it's lots of small parts that are still worth keeping or looking at.
How common is "fragment"?
It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.
noun
A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not
Example: I heard a small fragment of the conversation.
verb
To break apart.
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